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The Root of All Evil

The Root of All Evil

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THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL

BY J. S. FLETCHER

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


TO
SIR WILLIAM ROBERTSON NICOLL
WITH MUCH GRATITUDE


CONTENTS

Part the First: RISE


I APPLECROFT 11
II THE TIGHT LIP 23
III THE BROKEN MAN 35
IV THE DIPLOMATIC FATHER 47
V THE SHAKESPEARE LINE 59
VI THE GLOVES OFF 71
VII THE GOLDEN TEAPOT 83
VIII THE BATTLE BEGINS 95
IX THE IRON ROD 107
X THE ETERNAL FEMININE 119
XI HUMBLE PIE 131
XII THE TRIPLE CHANCE 142
XIII DEAD MEN'S SHOES 153

Part the Second: FALL


I AVARICE 165
II THE BIT OF BAD LAND 177
III COAL 189
IV BIRDS OF A FEATHER 201
V THE YORKSHIRE WAY 213
VI OBSESSION 225
VII THE LAST THROW 237
VIII THE COMMINATION SERVICE 248
IX THE BELL RINGS 260
X BLACK DEPTHS 271
XI THE SENTENCE 283
XII THE SECOND EXODUS 294
XIII THE LUSTRE JUG 307

Part the First: RISE


CHAPTER I

Applecroft

Half-way along the one straggling street of Savilestowe a narrow lane suddenly opened out between the cottages and turned abruptly towards the uplands which rose on the northern edge of the village. Its first course lay between high grey walls, overhung with ivy and snapdragon. When it emerged from their cool shadowings the church came in view on one hand and the school on the other, each set on its own green knoll and standing high above the meadows. Once past these it became narrower and more tortuous; the banks on either side rose steeply, and were crowned by ancient oaks and elms. In the proper season of the year these banks were thick with celandine and anemone, and the scent of hedge violets rose from the moss among the spreading roots of the trees. Here the ruts of the lane were deep, as if no man had any particular business to repair them. The lane was, in fact, a mere occupation road, and led to nothing but an out-of-the-way farmstead, which stood,

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